Dear Reinier, It's not a good practice to hack the core, especially for a public site,
You run into problems, when updating However, for an intranet, am at liberty to hack the core, especially if it solves my issues, it's a dirty practice but a necessary evil Whoever came up with killing kittens, is sadistic He should have said, when u hack the core, Arsenal concedes a goal On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:38 AM, Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Cavin, > > you are aware that when you modify Drupal Core, Dries kills a cute little > kitten? > > http://brianshumate.com/2010/12/19/dont-hack-drupal-core-wallpaper/ > > Hope to see some of your modules on drupal.org someday. > > rgds, > reinier > > >> Not entirely true, just 1 example for u >> I deployed open atrium(Drupal distro for project management) for a client >> However it only met 20% of the clients requirements >> >> So I had to get my hands dirty, I think I ended up with 4 custom modules, > and modify the core >> >> One of the hacks was the case tracker module, which allows u to assign, > cases to users >> >> Problem was Each user within a group, could see cases not assigned to them >> >> Very few open source projects, can meet the unique requirements for a > project, u can modify them, but this doesn't translate to a need for the > community, U can submit contributions which meet universal needs, >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 3, 2011, at 8:02 AM, Jason Tumusiime <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can i start there? >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Cavin Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The user comments are more useful, than the post, >>> >>> >>> On the whole i disagree. Maybe apart of this one: >>> The title of the article is ’10 ways to improve your programming skills’. >>> >>> Copypasta will get things done faster, but it will not improve your skill > as a programmer. >>> >>> >>> one that stood for me was >>> >>> a) write a programming language >>> >>> No doubt. Just another great addition. >>> >>> >>> Lets see if i can add to this list >>> >>> b) Its a bad idea to think u know programming, chances are the clown next > to you knows much more than u do >>> >>> Definitely bad idea! You know why? Because you don't have to "think" you > are good as you can measure how and >>> quantitatively know how good you are. So you don't have to take chances on > the clown next to you. >>> >>> c) modify free/ open source software >>> >>> Wait. I thought a PROGRAMMER joins open source projects to contribute and > by modifying the software. >>> >>> d) A former Prof, once said its not how much programming you know, but how > good you are at solving problems >>> >>> It depends on what he meant by "how much programming you know". Plus; > don't you become a good problem solver >>> by solving problems? See reading 4 in the article. This is not an > addition. >>> >>> e) share your code >>> >>> How do you share your code if you don't use open source projects? Or did > you mean "Don't be selfish." as you could be >>> hiding worthless ideologies or whatever. >>> >>> can i stop here >>> >>> If you have nothing more helpful to add. Please. >>> >>> _________________________________________ >>> >>> Abuse a man >>> Abuse his girlfriend >>> Never abuse his code (In the bible there is 1 sin, that is unforgivable, > same stuff here) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>> >>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] >>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>> >>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. >> > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > http://twitter.com/batje > http://twitter.com/mapuganda > > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
